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Cake Server

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1890-1910

GUSN

GUSN-48643

Description

Beaded handle, both front and back, foliate tip. Large rectangular server with large apertures.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cake servers
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
shell (animal material)
silver (metal)
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
shell (animal material)
Silver
Beaded
Shell
SERVER, CAKE

Inscription

Embossed on the handle back is: Sterling [Towle lion].

Associated Building

Used At Rundlet-May House,

Maker

Towle Silversmiths (Silversmith)

Location of Origin

Newburyport, MA, USA

Dimensions

9.125 x 4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1494

Reference Notes

Rainwater, Dorothy T., Author. American Silver Manufacturers. EVERYBODYS PRESS, 1966.

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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